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Richard Dawkins: I Will Arrest Pope Benedict XVI
London Times ^ | April 10th 2010 | Marc Horne

Posted on 04/10/2010 11:49:41 PM PDT by Steelfish

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To: Steelfish

Its seriously time for some crusading. I might be getting old but I can still kick a$$.


401 posted on 04/11/2010 5:37:15 PM PDT by culpeper (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people,)
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To: IamCenny

“As unspeakable as a pope ignoring complaints of sexual abuse by a priest?”

It wasn’t the Pope, it was the bishops.


402 posted on 04/11/2010 6:12:06 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: big tent

Do you always believe the terrorists’ tip sheet, the NYTimes?

The bishops in the U.S. were wrong (& naive) to cover up, but the Pope was NEVER involved in any kind of cover up. On the contrary, Pope Benedict has been very tough on cracking down on the priest abuse scandals, and has a zero tolerance policy. Other religions use the Pope’s protocol as a model.


403 posted on 04/11/2010 6:15:17 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Sun

It’s been banned.


404 posted on 04/11/2010 6:16:41 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

What’s been banned?


405 posted on 04/11/2010 6:19:40 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Sun

big tent and another Dawkins lover. I don’t recall the screen name but you’ll come across it soon.


406 posted on 04/11/2010 6:21:16 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom; All

Thank you, I should have guessed. :)

btw, this from a link by another poster, but I can’t remember his user name:

“This past weekend, the AP thought they had found the smoking gun: a 1985 letter bearing Ratzinger’s signature purportedly stalling the laicization of a priest. The AP got the story all wrong.

Turns out the facts of the case exonerate Ratzinger entirely. For the record, Cardinal Ratzinger did not have authority over sex abuse cases until 2001. This case occurred in the late 80’s. The rule of thumb on all these stories is that the local bishop is the first person responsible for punishing priestly offenders and the one charged with protecting his flock from these menaces.

To imagine the Pope has the ability or the manpower to police the actions of every cleric around the globe is a child’s delusion. If he could do you actually think there would be so many liturgical abuses throughout the Church? “

http://www.ewtn.com/news/blog.asp?blog_ID=2

The NYTimes is playing a gullible public like a fiddle.

I’m even hearing talk show hosts quoting the AP story without bothering to get both sides. Sad.


407 posted on 04/11/2010 6:52:41 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: big tent

And you’re a troll. No believing Catholic would ever call Dawkins a great writer and applaud his actions.

I’ve noticed you before and you are a liar and a troll.


408 posted on 04/11/2010 7:01:39 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: Steelfish; 185JHP; 230FMJ; Albion Wilde; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; An American In Dairyland; ...
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I'm late to this thread - haven't read many comments yet. Another example of people who hate the Catholic Church and if they actually cared about homosexuals molesting youth they'd speak out about NAMBLA, Kevin Jennings, GLSEN, schoolteachers molesting kids, the homosexual agenda pushing homosexuals adopting and fostering children, etc etc etc.

But no, they target the Catholic Church only. Because despite its imperfections, it's holding to tight to traditional aka "real" moral absolutes.

409 posted on 04/11/2010 7:05:10 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: nickcarraway

Wow - big tent bit the dust! And I missed the fun.


410 posted on 04/11/2010 7:06:43 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: whitedog57

big tent is banned.

Don’t leave FR.


411 posted on 04/11/2010 7:09:44 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: GCC Catholic
There is a vast difference between criticizing a FReeper personally and criticizing a particular faith or belief or practice.

That difference is what constitutes a very valuable rule on the Religion Forum. Some learn the rule and abide by it, and others don't. It's not a terribly difficult rule to follow and it actually makes a person's argument stronger. RCs would benefit by learning to obey the rules.

412 posted on 04/11/2010 7:11:12 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Sun

Thank you, Sun, for posting the facts. Some people just aren’t interested in them!


413 posted on 04/11/2010 7:12:02 PM PDT by Melian (The two most common elements in the world are hydrogen and stupidity.)
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To: little jeremiah
I'll preface this by saying that I'm not Catholic; I think Catholics themselves should be the ones primarily responsible for weeding their own garden, not some heathen interloper like Dawkins or far-Left entities institutionally committed to the buggering of little kids. But forced imposition of beliefs and the involuntary domination of others is part and parcel of their dogma. They're a human virus looking for a host.


414 posted on 04/11/2010 7:15:07 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Where the hell can I get a court injunction to keep my own government out of my life?!?)
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To: Melian

No, some people are more interested in their agendas than truth.

What hurts, though, is that even some “conservatives” believe the first thing they hear, and don’t have the ambition to get both sides of a story, even if it’s from LMSM. You would think they would know better.


415 posted on 04/11/2010 7:15:19 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Viking2002

I’m not a Catholic either but I see the CC as a stalwart fighter against the evils of which leftists are not only enamored, but hold as foundational tenets of their - hmm - religion.


416 posted on 04/11/2010 7:23:05 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: metmom

I’ve wanted it banned ever since I first saw it.


417 posted on 04/11/2010 7:24:10 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: little jeremiah; All

This is right on! Also Hitchens does have himself a homosexual past.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100028654/christopher-hitchens-claims-to-have-slept-with-two-tory-minsters-at-oxford/


418 posted on 04/11/2010 7:26:58 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish

Sigh, who to side with - a misotheist or a child molestation enabler.

I think I’ll just sit it out and let them have at each other.


419 posted on 04/11/2010 7:33:56 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: little jeremiah
And a religion it is - they consider themselves to be their own gods. After all, if they have no concept of a human soul, no existence beyond their physical manifestation, and therefore no belief in a Supreme Being, the only moral guideposts they have is whatever provides them with immediate, personal satisfaction, no matter how righteous they portray it to be. Yes, what has happened should be universally condemned, but they are far removed from being qualified as being the vanguards of higher justice.


420 posted on 04/11/2010 7:37:00 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Where the hell can I get a court injunction to keep my own government out of my life?!?)
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